Czech National Symphony Orchestra

The Conductor Petr Altrichter is suffering from health problems and is having to withdraw from the April 2018 UK tour. Ben Palmer has agreed to Conduct.

More information with regards to Ben can be found on www.benpalmer.net

Conductor Ben Palmer

Soloist Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)

Smetana The Moldau

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor'

Interval

Piazzolla Libertango

Dvorak Symphony No. 7

Our old friends the Czech National Symphony Orchestra return to Carlisle with a programme which includes Beethoven's majestic Emperor Concerto played by the brilliant young Russian, Pavel Kolesnikov. The programme starts with Smetana's famous evocation of the Moldau river and the concerts ends with one of Dvorak's symphonic masterpieces, his Symphony No. 7, after a scintillating performance of Piazzolla's Libertango